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Jan 29, 2009

McCain Finds Lynn's Responses "Disappointing"

Remember how we were waiting on William J. Lynn III'sresponses to Senator John McCain's (R-AZ) questions concerning how his experience at Raytheon would impact his work as Deputy Secretary of Defense? Well, McCain has his answers, and he's not happy. Reuters reports that McCain is "disappointed" by his responses, calling them "an inadequate response from an individual who is a former lobbyist who seeks to become the second most powerful person in the Department of Defense." From the letter:

Let me be perfectly clear. I do not expect you to look into the future with perfection and predict every issue involving Raytheon that may come across your desk in the next year. What I do expect is that you know now the issues you have lobbied the Department of Defense on for Raytheon that would raise concern with the American public if you took action on them, or any other issue that could impact Raytheon, if confirmed as Deputy Secretary of Defense.